[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44424-44425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16654]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

    Pursuant to section 6(c) of the Educational, Scientific and 
Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-651; 80 Stat. 
897; 15 CFR part 301), we invite comments on the question of whether 
instruments of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which 
the instruments shown below are intended to be used, are being 
manufactured in the United States.
    Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the 
regulations and be filed within 20 days with the Statutory Import 
Programs Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. 
Applications may be examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5 P.M. in Suite 
4100W, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court Building, 1099 14th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 02-020. Applicant: Vanderbilt University. 1161 21st 
Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37232. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model Tecnai G2 F30 TWIN Helium. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The 
Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to 
study the three-dimensional structures of biological macromolecules and 
assemblies, such as viruses and protein complexes. The materials to be 
studied include adenovirus, a common human respiratory virus; the 
ribonucleoprotein vault, a cytoplasmic particle implicated in multi-
drug resistance in certain cancer cell lines; the DNA-PK protein/DNA 
complex, which is involved in repair of DNA double-stranded breaks 
after exposure to ionizing radiation; the family of small heat-shock 
proteins, which help the cell to resist heat-induced protein 
aggregation; CAM kinase complexes, which are involved in regulation of 
synaptic function in the brain; monoamine transporters (serotonin, 
norepinephrine, and dopamine), which are targets for antidepressants 
and psychostimulants; transcription complexes isolated from yeast; and 
other macromolecular protein assemblies involved in DNA transactions. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 6, 2002.
    Docket Number: 02-021. Applicant: The Regents of the University of 
California, Material Management, 301 Watkins Drive, Riverside, CA 
92521. Instrument: Two (2) Confocal Microscopes. Models TCS SP2/UV and 
TCS SPS RS-2P. Manufacturer: Leica Microsystems, Germany. Intended Use: 
The instrument is intended to be used to study different kinds of 
experimental plants, animals and microorganisms, e.g., Arabidopsis leaf 
cells, mammalian cell lines, and budding yeast. Various fundamental 
cellular processes, e.g., protein trafficking, organelle dynamics, 
protein complex formation, signal transduction, gene expression, will 
be investigated. In addition, the instrument will be used for 
educational purposes in the following courses: BPSC132, Plant Anatomy; 
BPSC135, Plant Cell Biology; BPSC237, Plant Cell Biology; BPSC230L, 
Cytogenetics Laboratory; BPSC232, Plant Development; Biol200A, Cell 
Biology. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 6, 2002.

    Docket Number: 02-022. Applicant: National Institutes of Health, 
Office of the Director, Office of Research Services, Division of 
Bioengineering and Physical Science, 13 South Drive, Room 3N17, 
Bethesda, MD 20892-5766. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai 
TF30T. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The 
instrument is intended to be used to study proteins, nucleic acids, 
viruses, bacteria, and eukaryotic cells. The following experiments will 
be conducted:
    (a) Tilt series will be automatically recorded from sections of 
plastic embedded cells in order to perform three-dimensional 
tomographic reconstructions of cellular architecture at high-spatial 
resolution. These measurements will be performed at an accelerating 
voltage of 300 kV to facilitate analysis of sections that are tilted to 
high angle.
    (b) Tomographic reconstructions will be performed on cryosectioned 
frozen-hydrated cells to study cellular structure in close to the 
living state.
    (c) Suspensions of supramolecular assemblies will be rapidly 
frozen, cryotransferred into the electron microscope, and imaged at low 
electron dose either on film or directly on a cooled CCD camera.
    (d) Images will be recorded under well defined electron optical 
conditions with highly coherent illumination facilitated by the 
instrument's field-emission source. Images will be

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processed to determine the three-dimensional structure of the 
supramolecular assemblies.
    (e) To determine the masses of the macromolecules, a finely focused 
nanometer-diameter probe of electrons will be digitally scanned across 
a thin specimen on which macromolecules are adsorbed: high-angle 
elastic scattering will be measured. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: June 6, 2002.

    Docket Number: 02-023. Applicant: University of California, Los 
Alamos National Laboratory, BUS-6 Customs Office, P.O. Box 1663, MS 
C308, Los Alamos, NM 87545. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
Tecnai G2 F30 TWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to investigate 
biological tissue samples, polymeric materials (including high 
explosives), polymeric films containing semiconductor quantum dots, 
steels and other metals (especially Be and U alloys), superconducting 
tapes on metal substrates, other superconducting materials, ceramic 
oxides and nitrides, ion beam damaged ceramics, and other materials. 
Some typical experiments are: (a) To determine which phases are present 
in a material and their morphology, distribution, and relative 
fractions; (b) determining material deformation behavior by studying 
the dislocation, stacking fault, and twin types, densities, and 
distributions; (c) determining interfacial structures, misfits, 
chemical reactions (cross-diffusion and new phase formation) at near-
atomic resolution; (d) examining ion beam damage to materials through 
imaging, mapping for chemistry, and diffraction analysis for 
crystallinity. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 6, 
2002.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 02-16654 Filed 7-1-02; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P